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What Kind of Fuel Milage Are You Getting From Your Cummins
In Arizona, if you drove 47 mph, the DPS would give you a ticket for impeading traffic. On the weekends, the traffic can be bumper to bumper for 50 miles outside of the city limits. At that speed, 4-5 people will try to pass at one time and force on coming traffic off the shoulder. Most 2 lane high ways here are 65mph with 75mph on the interstate. Even people that drive the speed limit get flipped off all the time. The interstates that run through Phoenix are 65mph and most everyone drives 75+. The police say it it safer to drive with the traffic. There is a law that if you have 4 or more vehicles behind you and you are driving slower than the limit, you must pull over at the next available spot and let traffic pass.
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What Kind of Fuel Milage Are You Getting From Your Cummins
As for milage on my Cummins. My 1997 2500 4X4 3.54 gears 265/75-16 tires 5 speed. Custom gound AFC plate and fuel wheel tweaked. 600 flbs of torque. 22-23 mpg hwy if I don't hot rod it and 16-17 mpg in town. Towing a 7000# trailer in the mountains it gets around 15-16 mpg.
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AZ is a lot different than TN. Much faster pace. People get shot here from road rage all the time. A major trucking company from AZ was taken to court many times because their trucks were set at a top speed of 60 mph. The courts made them set their trucks at 65 mph because 60 mph was proven to be an unsafe speed. Many accidents are caused by slow vehicles. I am a professional driver with 1.7 million safe miles driven on every major road in all lower 48 states, Canada and Mexico. I have seen first hand the death and destruction caused by idiots who were not patient enough to wait for a chance to pass safely. About 1 hour ago, I was driving 30 mph down my street on my way home from work. This is a 1 mile long residential street with a speed limit of 30 mph and a double yellow line the entire distance. 2 pickup trucks came up behind me and the first one rode my bumper at about 1/2 truck length away from me with their bright lights on for 1/4 mile and then turned onto a side road. The 2nd truck also rode my bumper for about a 1/4 mile a then flew past me only to turn onto another side road a couple of blocks later. People out here have no patients what so ever.
P.S. I know what it's like to drive slow. I drive 500 to 600 miles a night in 18 wheeler up an down mountain grades at 15 - 35 mph with people tailgating me with their bright lights in my mirrors all the time. They get so PO'd because I'm slowing them down that they will pass on blind curves and force oncoming traffic to pull over. I just can't wait to hit the big roads and get up to speed so I can relax!
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